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U.K. pregnant woman with COVID-19 urges public to stay indoors

TORONTO --
A British pregnant woman with COVID-19 has recorded an urgent message from her hospital bed, pleading for others to stay indoors.

In a video that has now garnered more than 100,000 views, 39-year-old Karen Mannering says she is unsure how she contracted the virus and is now fighting for her life and that of her unborn child.

At 26-weeks pregnant, Mannering says she has been diagnosed with pneumonia in both her lungs and has been in the hospital for four days.

“I’m telling you now if you’re going to meet your friends for a stupid beer, or go on a walk because the weather’s nice, you’re going to take this home and you’re going to kill someone, one of your family members,” Mannering said in the video.